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Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change
Conservation Plan for Great Indian Bustards
The Ministry is taking various measures for conservation and protection of Great Indian Bustard in the country, including in Rajasthan. Some important steps in this regard are as follows:
- The Great Indian Bustard is listed in Schedule-I of the Wild Life  Act, 1972, thereby according it the highest degree of legal protection from hunting.
- Important habitats of Great Indian Bustards are designated as National Parks/ sanctuaries for their better protection.
- The species has been identified for conservation efforts under the component ‘Species Recovery Programme’ of the Centrally Sponsored Scheme- Development of Wildlife Habitats. Financial and technical assistance is provided to the State/ Union Territory Governments under the scheme for providing better protection to Great Indian Bustard and its habitat.
- Conservation breeding of the Great Indian Bustard has been undertaken in collaboration with Rajasthan, Gujarat and Maharashtra Forest Departments and technical support of Wildlife Institute of India, Dehradun with the aim of building a captive population of the species for release in the wild and promoting in-situ conservation of the species.
- Sites for establishment of a conservation breeding centres for the Great Indian Bustard and Lesser Florican birds have been identified in consultation with the Forest Departments of Rajasthan and Gujarat, Wildlife Institute of India and international experts. A satellite conservation breeding facility has been established at Sam, Jaisalmer, Rajasthan.
- The Ministry provides financial assistance to the States/ Union Territories under the Centrally Sponsored Scheme: Development of Wildlife Habitats for conservation of wildlife, including for Great Indian Bustard. A proposal was received by the Ministry from the Government of Rajasthan for in-situ conservation of Great Indian Bustard. The Ministry has informed the Government of Rajasthan that the proposal should be approved by the State Board for Wild Life for consideration of funding support from State plan and / or State CAMPA funds.
This information was given by Minister of State for Environment, Forest and Climate Change, Shri Ashwini Kumar Choubey in a written reply in the Lok Sabha.
Prime Minister's Office
PM to visit UP and launch multiple development projects worth over Rs 6250 crore on 19th November
PM to inaugurate projects in Mahoba to help alleviate the problem of water shortage and bring much needed relief to farmers
PM to lay foundation stone of 600 MW Ultramega Solar Power Park and also inaugurate Atal Ekta Park in Jhansi
Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi will visit Mahoba and Jhansi districts of Uttar Pradesh on 19th November 2021.
In a significant initiative to alleviate water distress, at around 2:45 PM, Prime Minister will inaugurate multiple projects in Mahoba. These projects will help alleviate the issue of water shortage in the region and bring much needed relief to the farmers. These projects include Arjun Sahayak Project, Ratauli Weir Project, Bhaoni Dam Project and Majhgaon–Chilli Sprinkler Project. The cumulative cost of these projects is more than Rs. 3250 Crore and their operationalisation will help in irrigation of around 65000 hectares of land in the districts of Mahoba, Hamirpur, Banda and Lalitpur, benefitting lakhs of farmers of the region. These projects will also provide potable drinking water to the region.
At around 5:15 PM, Prime Minister will participate in a programme during which he will lay the foundation stone of 600 MW Ultramega Solar Power Park at Garautha in Jhansi. It is being constructed at a cost of over Rs 3000 crore, and will help provide the dual benefits of cheaper electricity and grid stability.
Prime Minister will also inaugurate Atal Ekta Park in Jhansi. Named after Former Prime Minister Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee, the park has been built at a cost of over Rs 11 crore, and is spread across an area of about 40,000 square metre. It will also house a library, as well as a statue of Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee. The statue has been built by the renowned sculptor Shri Ram Sutar, the man behind the Statue of Unity.
Ministry of Statistics & Programme Implementation
Payroll Reporting in India – A Formal Employment Perspective
The National Statistical Office , Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation has released the press note on Employment Outlook of the country covering the period September, 2017 toSeptember, 2021 based on the administrative records available with selected government agencies to assess the progress in certain dimensions. A detailed note is annexed.
Office of Principal Scientific Advisor to GoI
CSIR-IMTECH takes up sample testing for Covid-19
CSIR-IMTECH is also supporting healthcare professionals by providing Personal Protection Equipment
Covid-19 has posed several challenges to the healthcare sector. The limited number of test kits for Covid-19 is one such challenge. As of now, India has been primarily testing patients with a travel history. However, the rate of testing should improve in terms of testing per million population.
To boost its testing capacity, Council of Scientific and Industrial Research-Institute of Microbial Technology  has stepped up to take up Covid-19 sample testing. This is in line with the directives issued by the Principal Scientific Adviser  to the Government of India and the advisory issued by the Indian Council of Medical Research  to operationalise Covid-19 testing by laboratories under CSIR and other labs affiliated to Department of Science and Technology , Department of Biotechnology  and Department of Atomic Energy .
“The initiative of ICMR to involve all government-accredited labs is a welcome step and will be a game changer in testing of Covid-19 samples. This would increase the testing rate among suspected patients. In the initial phase, IMTECH plans to operationalise capabilities to carry out testing of 50 to 100 samples a day, which can be subsequently ramped up as and when required,” said DrSanjeev Khosla, Director, IMTECH, Chandigarh.
The institution has augmented its capabilities to carry out clinical testing for COVID-19 and has the necessary expertise in molecular microbiology. The lab has the requisite infrastructure including Biosafety Level -3 facility as the labs are advised to take all appropriate biosafety and bio-security precautions before testing. A newly constructed BSL-2+ virology lab equipped with Reverse Transcription Polymerase Chain Reaction  equipment has also been established. All the mandatory approvals required for testing of clinical samples have been obtained to operationalise testing at the earliest.
Apart from testing of clinical samples, CSIR-IMTECH is also supporting healthcare professionals by providing Personal Protection Equipment  to prevent them from contracting any infection while serving patients. The institute is also extending help to the local administration and Red Cross Unit of Chandigarh by providing the logistical and infrastructure support.
Ministry of Steel
Swachhta pledge administered by Shri Nagendra Nath Sinha, Secretary, Ministry of Steel
Secretary, Ministry of Steel, Shri Nagendra Nath Sinha, administered the ‘Swachhta pledge’ to the officials and employees of the Ministry of Steel today.
Shri Nagendra Nath Sinha, Secretary, Ministry of Steel administering the ‘Swachhata pledge’
The Secretary, Ministry of Steel, along with the Joint Secretary , inspected the cleanliness of the office premises. Sh. Sinha also took note of the outdoor areas on the premises and emphasised the importance of keeping them clean and well-maintained.
Secretary, Ministry of Steel inspecting the office premises
Furthermore, he paid a visit to the record cell and gave clear instructions regarding record management. He urged the staff to revisit and thoroughly review all records. He emphasised the need to weed out unnecessary files and ensure that all files are well-organised.
Secretary, Ministry of Steel visiting the record cell
Secretary, Ministry of Steel, also stressed on the need for visible cleanliness in the office rooms and around the office premises. His visit was aimed to underscore the Ministry of Steel's commitment towards maintaining a clean and organised work environment.
Ministry of Corporate Affairs
MCA ordered inquiry in 87 real estate companies in 2017-18
Union Minister of State for Law & Justice and Corporate Affairs Shri P.P. Chaudhary said in Lok Sabha today that during the year 2017-18 and till 30.06.2018, the Ministry of Corporate Affairs has ordered inquiry in 87 companies, inspection of books and papers in 17 companies and investigation in 7 cases involving 149 entities including 5 Limited Liability Partnerships  engaged in real estate activities. The Minister in his reply said that the Companies Act, 2013  provides for details of compliances with respect to books of account and other matters to be made by companies of all categories and there are no separate provisions in the Act for real estate companies.
The Companies Act, 2013 stipulates requirement of statutory audit and internal audit by the companies.
Ministry of Defence
8th round of India-China Corps Commander Level Meeting
On November 6th, the 8th round of India-China Corps Commander Level Meeting was held in Chushul. The two sides had a candid, in-depth and constructive exchange of views on disengagement along the Line of Actual Control in the Western Sector of India-China border areas. Both sides agreed to earnestly implement the important consensus reached by the leaders of the two countries, ensure their frontline troops to exercise restraint and avoid misunderstanding and miscalculation. Both sides agreed to maintain dialogue and communication through military and diplomatic channels, and, taking forward the discussions at this meeting, push for the settlement of other outstanding issues, so as to jointly maintain peace and tranquillity in the border areas. They also agreed to have another round of meeting soon.
President's Secretariat
PRESIDENT OF INDIA PRESENTS DISTINGUISHED SERVICE AWARDS AT THE DEFENCE INVESTITURE CEREMONY-II
The President of India, Smt Droupadi Murmu presented Distinguished Service Awards at the Defence Investiture Ceremony-II held at Rashtrapati Bhavan today . Among the dignitaries present on the occasion were the Vice President of India, Prime Minister of India and Union Minister for Defence.
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Ministry of Education
‘Kashi Tamil Sangamam’ gathers steam, visitors get immersed in the local culture.
Delegation from Tamil Nadu gathered in large numbers at different Ghats of Kashi on the banks of the holy Ganga during the third day of the ‘Kashi Tamil Samagam’ event on Monday. After taking a holy dip at the Ghats with chanting of ‘Har Har Mahadev’, they visited Shri. Kashi Vishwanath temple in various groups. They were also seen relishing Banarasi cuisines and busy checking and buying various handcraft products.
Visitors from Tamil Nadu are seen to be increasing in large numbers both at the Varanasi railway station and airport. Most of the hotels and ‘Dharmashalas’ in the city have been booked for the guests arriving from various parts of Tamil Nadu.
Students from the city of Rameshwaram in Tamil Nadu when interacted was seen to be full of enthusiasm at the ‘Kashi Tamil Samagam’ venue as they visited the holy city of Varanasi for the first time. They lauded the initiative of Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi in uniting the culture and heritage milieu in the form of Kashi Tamil Sangamam.
The month-long ‘Kashi Tamil Sangamam’ festival was inaugurated by the Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi on the 19th November, 2022. In his inaugural address, the Prime Minister referred to the age-old relationship between Kashi and Tamil Nadu and further added that the vision of ‘Ek Bharat Shreshtha Bharat’ is now taking shape in real terms.
Cultural events in the form of dance, drama, music and songs, etc. are being organized on a daily basis at the event venue which the Amphitheater Ground of Banaras Hindu University . The turnout of local Kashi residents in large numbers at the event venue was also remarkable who were seen to be enjoying various cuisines of Tamil Nadu.
Cabinet
Cabinet approves Cadre review of Group “A” General Duty  Cadre and Non-GD cadre of Indo- Tibetan Border Police 
The Union Cabinet chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi has approved the proposal of Cadre review of Group “A” General Duty  Cadre and Non-GD cadre of Indo- Tibetan Border Police .The following decisions were taken:
- The decision of Cadre review of Group ‘A’ GD  Cadre and Non-GD Cadre of various ranks from Assistant Commandant to Additional Director General to enhance the supervisory staff in Senior Duty posts of ITBP.
- Creation of two new Commands  to be headed by Additional Director General & assisted by Inspector General.
Major Impact:
- After creation of this Group ‘A’ posts in ITBP, the supervisory efficiency and capacity building of the Force would be enhanced. Timely creation of proposed posts in the Cadre Review of Group ’A’ posts in the Force will enhance its supervisory as well as administrative capabilities.
- The proposal is for creation of 60 posts in Group ‘A’ Executive General duty Cadre and 02 posts in Group ‘A’ Non-GD cadre at various levels.
- This proposal is also for Creation of Two new Commands  to be headed by Additional Director General & assisted by Inspector General.
Implementation:
On the receipt of formal notification/sanction, the newly created posts will be filled up as per the provisions of Recruitment Rules.
Salient Features:
- GD Cadre
Increase of existing structure of Group ‘A’ posts from 1147 to 1207 posts as under:-
- Net increase of 02 posts of Additional Director General
- Net increase of 10 posts of Inspector General
- Net increase of 10 posts of Deputy Inspector General
- Net Increase of 13 posts of Commandant
- Net increase of 16 posts of 21C
- Net increase of 09 posts of Deputy Commandant.
- Non- GD Cadre
- New increase of 02 posts of Inspector General
Background:
Indo-Tibetan Border Police Force was conceptualized in the wake of the Chinese aggression on our Northern Borders in the year 1962. The Force was raised with Four Servicer Battalions in the first instance. Thereafter, the Force has expanded many folds on need basis by way of re-organization & cadre restructuring in the year 1978 and 1987 respectively.
The first Cadre Review of the Force was held in 1988 and the strength of the Force was increased to 27,298. Subsequently second Cadre Review of the Force was held in 2001 and the strength was increased to 32,386. The present strength of the Force is 89,429.
Presently, there is one post of DG, who is the head of the force and one post of ADG in the Force HQ. There are 10 posts of Inspector General/GD cadre authorized in the force. The post of DG & ADG is filled by the IPS officers on deputation, whereas at the rank of Inspector General , 50% posts & at the level of deputation, whereas at the rank of Deputy Inspector General , 80% posts are filled by promotion of cadre officers.
Ministry of Communications
Circle Level Pension Adalat to be held on September 29, 2023
Goa, 28 August 2023
The Chief Postmaster General, Maharashtra Circle, Mumbai will be holding the 53rd Postal Pension Adalat for pensioners/family pensioners of the Postal Department on September 29, 2023, at 11.00 AM, in the Office of Chief Postmaster General, Maharashtra Circle, Mumbai -400 001.
Grievances regarding pensionary benefits pertaining to those who retired/died while in service from Department of Posts, Pensioners of Postal Department, Maharashtra and Goa States, which have not been settled within 3 months, will only be entertained in the Postal Pension Adalat.
Cases involving purely legal points i.e. succession, Notional pension, TBOP/MACP Promotion, stepping up of pay and disciplinary cases involving policy matters and cases pending for review of DPC will not be considered in Pension Adalat.PIB Panaji | S.Thakur/D.Rane
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Ministry of Jal Shakti
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Progress of Jal Jeevan Mission
Annual Action Plan meetings, mid-year review meetings and other regular meetings with respective State Governments and UT Administrations are held at various levels inter alia which includes review of planning, implementation and progress made so far under Jal Jeevan Mission  to make provision of tap water supply to every rural household, schools, anganwadi centres, ashramshalas, etc. latest by 2024.
Recently, to discuss various emerging issues and to speed up implementation of JJM, three regional conferences chaired by Union Minister of Jal Shakti were held at Bengaluru, Guwahati & Kolkatta with 22 neighbouring States/UTs. A fourth conference is scheduled at Jaipur with 11 States/UTs. Kerala had participated in the conference held at Bengaluru on 05.03.2022.
Since the launch of JJM in August 2019, as reported by the State, in Kerala11.58 lakh  households have been provided with tap water connections. Thus, as on 04.04.2022,out of total 70.68 lakhs households in the State, 28.22 lakhs  households have tap water connections.
Under JJM, States/ UTs can utilize upto 2% of their annual allocation for taking up water quality monitoring & surveillance activities. States/ UTs have been advised to upgrade different levels of laboratories i.e. State, district, sub-division and/ or block level and get NABL accreditation and/ or recognition. As reported by States/ UTs, State-wise number of various level drinking water quality testing laboratories set up in the country as on 31.03.2022, is at Annexure–I. States/ UTs have been advised to open these laboratories to general public so that they can get their water samples tested on nominal rates.
Under JJM, every State/ UT has finalized timelines for making provision of tap water supply
to every rural household. In Kerala all households are targeted to be provided with tap connections by Financial Year 2023-24. The district wise planned target details, as reported by the State for providing 100% tap connections are at Annexure-II.
Under JJM, funds are allocated& released State/UT-wise. District-wise fund allocation under JJM is not made and maintained by Government of India. The State/UT-wise allocation, release & utilization of funds since inception of JJM is given at Annexure-III.
This Information was given by the Minister of State for Jal Shakti, Shri Prahlad Singh Patel in a written reply in Lok Sabha today.
Election Commission
Bye Elections to the Council of States from Uttar Pradesh and Kerala
There are two casual vacancies in the Council of States one each from Uttar Pradesh and Kerala as per following details: -
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Uttar Pradesh
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Beni Prasad Verma
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27.03.2020
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04.07.2022
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Kerala
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M.P. Veerendra Kumar
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28.05.2020
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02.04.2022
2. The Commission has decided to hold bye-elections to the Council of States from Uttar Pradesh and Kerala to fill up the above said vacancies in accordance with the following schedule: -
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26th August, 2020 
3. Commission has also directed the Chief Secretaries concerned to depute a senior officer from the State to ensure that the extant instructions regarding COVID-19 containment measures are complied with while making arrangements for conducting the elections.
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Ministry of New and Renewable Energy
Union Minister for Power and MNRE takes review of implementation of PM-KUSUM and Rooftop Solar Programme Phase-II
Minister emphasizes need for awareness on these schemes so that farmers and households can take benefits
Joint efforts of Center and States will help in successful implementation of these Schemes and achieving the renewable energy targets of the country: Shri R.K Singh
The Union Minister for Power and New and Renewable Energy, Shri R.K. Singh has reviewed the progress of implementation of PM-KUSUM and Rooftop Solar Programme Phase-II with States/UTs and discussed the issues in the implementation of these Schemes.
Shri R.K Singh emphasised on the importance of the PM-KUSUM Scheme for the farmers providing them day-time reliable source of power for irrigation activities and also increasing their income. He also stressed upon wide publicity and awareness of the PM-KUSUM Scheme so that every farmer know the provisions and take benefit under the Scheme. He also discussed with senior officers from States/ UTs about the feeder level solarisation component of the PM-KUSUM Scheme, which would help in reducing the electricity subsidy, being given for the agriculture sector, to a large extent and assured that all possible support will be provided to the States/ UTs in implementation of this Scheme.
On the implementation of Rooftop Solar Programme Ph-II, the Minister re-emphasised the need for wide publicity and awareness about the Scheme taking it to each and every household, as installation of rooftop solar will bring down the electricity consumption of the households and save electricity expenditure.
On the development of solar cities, it was informed that total 20 States/ UTs have identified cities to be developed as Solar / Green City, Shri Singh requested other States to also identify at least a city in the State to be developed as Solar City and requested States/ UTs to launch a campaign in these cities for deployment of clean and green energy projects such as rooftop solar, waste to energy plants, solar street lights, electric vehicle, etc.
He stated that the joint efforts of Central and States would help in successful implementation of these Schemes and achieving the renewable energy targets of the country.
These meetings were held region wise, the first meeting for the Northern region was held in the first half of 17.08.2021 and the States/ UTs participated include Jammu & Kashmir, Ladakh, Himachal Pradesh, Haryana, Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh, Delhi, Chandigarh, Bihar, Jharkhand and Punjab.
The meeting with Western region was held in the second half of 17.08.2021 and the States participated include Rajasthan, Gujarat, Maharashtra, Goa, Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh.
The third meeting with Eastern and North-Eastern States was held in the second half of 18.08.2021 and Odisha, Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, Meghalaya, Sikkim and Manipur participated in the meeting.
Principal Secretary , MD/CEO of Discoms and State Nodal Agencies participated in these meetings.